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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zāi - disaster; calamity
zāi - variant of 災|灾[zai1]
zāi - old variant of 災|灾[zai1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 10,196 7,315 10,960

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A house 宀 on fire 火

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
灾难 6 5 2,798 6,800 7,334
火灾 - 5 3,491 5,053 9,019
- 5 10,196 7,315 10,960
幸灾乐祸 - - 13,248 27,882 17,044
自然灾害 - - 20,336 12,253 30,257
灾害 5 5 21,146 6,112 24,462
灾祸 - - 22,634 36,113 27,656
灾区 - 5 31,337 8,451 23,142
水灾 - 5 32,651 24,438 30,768
受灾 - 5 33,269 8,463 36,385
天灾 - - 33,346 31,364 27,272
灾星 - - 33,406 86,153 61,139
旱灾 - 9 40,394 24,821 37,403
救灾 - 5 43,957 7,912 33,326
防灾 - - 44,631 23,014 50,571
虫灾 - - 46,740 63,510 -
多灾多难 - - 47,101 58,877 40,896
成灾 - - 47,368 35,448 36,634
泛滥成灾 - - 49,624 44,583 39,870
灾民 - - 50,532 12,641 28,579
洪灾 - - 54,248 23,411 30,004
蝗灾 - - 54,257 73,302 113,125
天灾人祸 - - 56,923 49,642 41,687
重灾区 - - 76,481 24,366 34,708
灾荒 - - 87,742 51,446 75,320
雹灾 - - 94,515 70,956 -
抗灾 - - 96,290 21,947 100,225